Review of Shango

Metropolis Records has done it again! Juno Reactor's fifth album
Shango may be the soundtrack those freaky demons were listening to when
all Hell broke loose on the Event Horizon. ('Member when the devils were
yelling in Latin, "Nosferatu!", as they violated the crew? ) Musical Wall Clocks

We've all heard Juno Reactor before. If you missed their first four
albums, they were featured on the Mortal Kombat, Lost in Space,
Virtuosity and Eraser soundtracks. Playstation junkies will recognize
them as they did three tracks on "Jet Mojo3."

Let's get into it. The first two tracks really detract from the spirit
of the album. "Pistolero" sounds like Front 242 trying to play Mariachi,
but it's really Steve Stevens (of big hair and Billy Idol fame)
collaborating with the band. It works, but it's by no means the
strongest force on the album. Next up, "Hulelam" is a failed experiment.
It sounds like something that should have been on a Playstation
soundtrack. "Insects", however, rolls through the speakers leaving a
very strong Orbital and Orb taste in the mouth. It's almost as if the
band left a computer to program itself and let the digital symphony grow
and blossom. This it true techno trance. "Badimo" sounds like the anthem
military computers would play if Conan and his dog brothers met Slaine
the Horned God alone in a 2000 AD battlefield. You can't help but be
reminded of the T2 Soundtrack. "Masters of the Universe" is great
car-chase music. Crank it the next time the Boys in Blue are chasing
you! "Nitrogen" (Part 1 and Part 2) are very cool. Need a track the next
time you want to do that lesbian Basic Instinct dance on the dance
floor? This is it. "Solars" sounds like a secret track off Peter
Gabriel's "Last Temptation of Christ". Perhaps the best, though, is
Shango's last track: "Song for Ancestors". It reminds one of The
Ministry's "Dream Song". Listen for that whispering and laughing in what
could be Latin or the language they speak in Hell. Spooky shee-ot, man!

In short, braid the grace of "The Last Temptation of Christ", with the
spiritual side of the Ministry and run it through a T1000's poly-mimetic
alloy sound card and you'll get Shango. For more info on the band,
check out this site or
this one.